I thought it appropriate to start my blog with, what seems to be, the subject I am most often asked about. Oscar Night®.
Perhaps a bit of an irony that the most inquired about event is among one I am most committed to maintaining confidentiality about.
I can talk in "broad strokes", however, about my involvement with the Oscars® and Oscar® after parties over the past 20 years. Which I will do more in upcoming blogs.
Starting over two decades ago valet parking cars for the Academy Awards® I got my first taste of Hollywood's biggest night.
After a short while I was put in change of valet and limousine arrival / return. Before the arriving celebrity would hit the red carpet, cameras franticly flashing, I (along with my, well briefed, team) would quickly get to the limo door telling the arriving passenger... "hold on to this claim ticket! It's the way you'll get your limo back at the end of the night". You see, with hundreds of limousines it's impossible to have them all "standing" curb side. We had come up with a system to call limousines, via two way radio, when the emerging actor was ready to depart the awards venue and head to the various after parties around town.
Working the red carpet for those few years, I met everyone, everyone. The funny thing was, not being big into movies or "Hollywood", I often did not recognize the celebrities I would talk with. Phil Collins was one such person. I remember asking him, as he was out front getting some air, if he was in a movie. He humbly replied, "I'm just a singer". We chatted for a while. Phil was a delight to visit with. As he walked away, one of my associates approached me and asked "wow, what were you talking to Phil Collins so long about?"
It was actually nice to get to know many of the attending actors, producers, directors, and the like, with out the bias of already knowing who they were.
Now, I must admit, to this day someone still has to occasionally whisper the name of the newer talent, into my ear, as they approach.
In more recent years, creating awards events, competing for press attention, and "wowing" a crowd that's seen it all, has been much more challenging than, the early days of, coordinating their arrival and departure.
Thankfully I've learned to slow down, and enjoy the moment... even on Oscar Night®.
Here (above) I am pictured, a few years back, with Chef Wolfgang Puck and his his wife Barbara, at Spago's Oscar Night® party.
And (above) pictured more recently, with three-time Oscar® winner Oliver Stone, at one of the celebrated Academy Award® after parties produced by, our team, Celebrity International Entertainment, Inc.
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Thank you for all you did for me... I enjoyed our time at the awards Randy You remember the "South Wing"
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